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Early Access Promise Clock

How long did they say Early Access would take, and how long has it been? · 2,095 in Early Access · 2,615 promises read · 891 announced, not started

Export CSVHow this is readQuestionnaires read up to 11 Sep 2026
Overdue (498)On the clock (1,095)Graduated (15)No promise (502)
AppliedClock started in 2018Tag: StrategyClear allFurthest past the promise first
By the year the clock started

Graduations and promises, year by year

YearGamesIn Early Access nowGraduatedMedian time in EAPromise readOverduePromise kept
20261,0551,042131%1 month96792%31of 878 parsed—
202538538500%13 months33587%126of 291 parsed—
202418618600%2 years 1 month16488%97of 132 parsed—
202310710700%3 years 2 months9387%54of 74 parsed—
2022767600%4 years 2 months6788%43of 51 parsed—
2021505000%5 years 1 month4182%23of 31 parsed—
2020434300%6 years 1 month3888%18of 22 parsed—
2019404000%7 years 3 months40100%20of 23 parsed—
2018212100%8 years 1 month1990%10of 11 parsed—
2017191900%9 years 3 months1895%8of 10 parsed—
Overdue

Past the promised maximum

GamePromisePromisedElapsedClockVerdict
Cabals: Magic & Battle CardsKyy Games · entered 6 Feb 2018Cabals: Magic & Battle CardsKyy Games · entered 6 Feb 2018The current plan is six months.read 9 Sep 2026about 6 months8 years 7 months1719%Overdueby 8 years 1 month
Tech Executive TycoonWEB Gaming Entertainment · entered 21 Dec 2018Tech Executive TycoonWEB Gaming Entertainment · entered 21 Dec 2018We have moved to a specific feature release schedule that allows us much more forecasting capabilities. We fully intend to have a release candidate anywhere between June 2019 to September 2019. However, at this time, we want to give ourselves another calendar year to meet our highest expectations for the final release candidate.read 8 Sep 20266 monthsuntil 30 Jun 20197 years 9 months1545%Overdueby 7 years 3 months
SpyPartyChris Hecker · entered 12 Apr 2018SpyPartyChris Hecker · entered 12 Apr 2018I am very bad at estimating dates, but I think it will be in Early Access about two years (uh, obviously this was a big underestimate!). I'm a perfectionist, and hopefully you can see the trendline from how the game started with the original prototype art (you can catch a glimpse of some if you look for the waiter or bartender in the screenshots above) to where it is now. You're invited to come along for the next part of this ride!read 10 Sep 2026about 2 years8 years 5 months421%Overdueby 6 years 5 months
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A game is in Early Access when the store lists it among its genres; the clock starts on the day the ledger saw it enter or, for a game that launched into Early Access, on the release date the store prints. The promise is the developer’s own questionnaire answer, kept word for word; only ranges and single figures are compared, open answers are listed as open, and answers the parser could not read say so. Graduations are recorded from 3 Sep 2026, so earlier years undercount them. A game whose questionnaire has not been read yet says “not read yet” under No promise (how). Data by SteamPeaks.com.